Axolemmal abnormalities in myelin mutants.

doi:10.1111/j.1749-6632.1990.tb42393.x

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Axolemmal abnormalities in myelin mutants.

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 Jan 1990

Rosenbluth J

Abstract excerpt

Evidence is reviewed that the paranodal axoglial junction plays important roles in the differentiation and function of myelinated axons. In myelin-deficient axons, ion flux across the axolemma is greater than that in myelinated fibers because a larger proportion of the axolemma is active during c...

Topics

Animals
Axons
Cell Membrane
Freeze Fracturing
Microscopy, Electron
Mutation
Myelin Sheath
Ranvier's Nodes

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